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R R FINCH, Jr

Stovepipe Collar.

Paiented Aug. 30, 1853.

UNITED STATES PATENT UFFICE.

R. R. FINCH, JR., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STOVEPIPE-COLLAR.

Speccation of Letters 3?ate11t No. 9,968, dated August 30, 1853.

T0 al whom t may concern Be it known that l, R. R. FINCH, Jr., 0I" the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Device to be Applied to Stoves and which Device l term a Reversible Stovepipe-Collar; and I do hereby declare that the following Vis a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a side view of a stove, with my 4reversible collar attached. Fig. 2, is an enlarged view of the reversible collar.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the two ligures.

The nature of my invention consists in having a collar attached to the end et the iiue, which projects a short distance trom the stove; one side of the collar, as well as the end of the tlue being beveled at an angle of By which arrangement, the collar may be so placed or attached to the end of the flue, that the pipe may project horizon tally 'from the stove, or perpendicularly from it, as desired; said collar being movable or reversible, and fitted to the flue by means of a ianch nand button, on the end of said flue.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a stove; and B, is the flue, which projects a short distance from the stove. The end of this flue, B, is beveled or cut at an angle oi 450, as seen in both iigures. At the end of the lue, B, and on its lower edge, there is a flanch, (a), in which the lower edge ot the collar, C, rests. The collar, C, is also beveled or cut at an angle ot 450, and it tits snugly against the end of the line; the lower edge resting in the lianch, (a), as before stated, and the upper 45, the collar may be attached to the flue,

so as to bring the flanch on the upper surface for a vertical pipe, and by reversing the position of the collar, the iianch will be on the end, and may have a horizontal pipe iitted to it.

Thus, by this simple device, a vertical or horizontal smoke-pipe may be attached to a stove, without any inconvenience. In summer, when the least possible heat is desired in a room, from a cooking stove, the pipe may be made to run horizontally with the chimney, leaving but a small heating surface orn pipe in the room; but, in winter, when heat is indispensable, by merely reversing the position of the collar, the pipe may be run vertically into a chamber above, or into the chimney at some distance above the ireplace.

The reversible collar also saves the eX- pense ot an elbow at the end of the line, when the direction of the smoke-pipe is changed.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is,

The reversible collar, C, constructed, arranged, and applied to a stove, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as shown and described in the body ot the specification.

R. R. FINCH, JUN. `Witnesses S. H. WALES, O. D. MUNN. 

